Summer concert - Jason Aldean

My photo stream has successfully streamed all the pics from the Jason Aldean concert we went to on Jul 21st (!).  This time Shauna & I let the boys come along (B-rad LOVES Jason Aldean & the party isn't complete w/ out Brian so he came with us as well.)

This show was up at Klipsch near Indy again & I must tell you - these boys crack us up.  (DON'T tell them I said that...) We complain about them & gripe at them - but we laugh our ASSES off when they're together.  They both have apps that drive us bonkers & they use them together to really turn the irritation factor up to 10.  One sounds like the light saber sword thingies from Star Wars, there's one that sounds like a whip noise & one that makes fart noises.  They L-O-V-E to irritate us w/ all of these apps but the farting one this day was the one that got top prize.  You MUST watch this video & I DARE you not to laugh... 

(just to set it up:  Brian is controlling the app & Shauna had the genius idea to play it via bluetooth through the car speakers...)

(FYI-when Brian asks 'what did he say?' & we all chime in 'WHAT THE HELL?' - we drove past a policeman directing traffic & when he heard all the farting from the car he looked at us & said, 'what the HELL?')

HILARIOUSNESS, people.

It was HELLA hot this night & this is evidenced in these pics I took of B-rad & myself.  

8:19PM

Merely 12 minutes later at 8:31PM.

  I thought I was gonna melt!

I'm sure I've told ya'll a million times about how much B-rad LOVES Jason Aldean.  Like he loves the songs he sings about farming & the country because it's like he's singing about B-rad's life.  

On this night I had a bit of a melt down moment when he sang 'Amarillo Sky'.  This song - to me - more than any other describes B-rad's life, how hard he works & how high the stakes really are with what he does on the farm.  

I will blame it on the heat so I don't seem like a total basket case- but I stood there bawling like a little girl while he sang:

He gets up before the dawn

Packs a lunch and a thermos full of coffee

It's another day in the dusty haze

Burnin' rays are wearing down his body

And diesel's worth the price of gold

It's the cheapest grain he's ever sold

But he's still holding on

He just takes the tractor another round

And pulls the plow across the ground

And sends up another prayer

He says, "Lord, I never complain, I never ask why

But please don't let my dream to run dry

Underneath, underneath this

Amarillo sky"

That hailstorm back in '83

Sure did take a toll on his family

But he stayed strong and carried on

Just like his dad and granddad did before him

On his knees, every night he prays

"Please let my crops and children grow"

'Cause that's all he's ever known

He just takes the tractor another round

And pulls the plow across the ground

And sends up another prayer

He says, "Lord, I never complain, I never ask why

But please don't let my dream run dry

Underneath, underneath this

Amarillo sky"

And he takes the tractor another round

Another round, another round

And he takes the tractor another round

Another round

He says, "I never complain, I never ask why

But please don't let my dreams run dry

Underneath, underneath this

Amarillo sky"

Underneath this

Amarillo sky

Music is powerful stuff, people.  If you're so inclined you should totally go on your super fancy iPhones & search for this song in the iTunes store & take a listen.  

It should make you cry like little girls too! 

 Another great night w/ some of my favorite people...

Nope, still no vacation pics...

Listen, people - my MacBook breaking has really messed my world UP.  It broke nearly ONE month ago. 

I had an appointment at the Apple Store but I was sick & had to change it.  When I took it to them I had to leave it because they were going to have to send it off.  A WEEK later it was done & B-rad picked it up for me after work.

The logic board (who knows what that is??) was fried & they replaced it - which also meant they had to wipe my machine clean.  

OH THE HUMANITY.  

However because I'm an A+ Apple user I had a recent backup (From Jul 11th...) so I had to restore it. I'm still old school & keep a check register for our personal checking account as well as the farm checking account... yet I'm new school enough that I have an app for that...  Sadly I had to go back through a month & a half of bank statements to get the info from Jul 11 to current.  I got our account within $10 & the farm account within $3.  

I consider that a win.

Once I did that I started working on photos.  That's when I realized my photo stream wasn't working.  UHM this is a major problem.   Then I didn't have time at work or during lunch at moms (because THOSE are the only places where I get good enough internet for the damn photo stream to do its thing...) to work on the problem.   I was finally able to Google it a bit yesterday at lunch & realized what was going on.  I fixed it last night & like magic my photos started pushing to my MacBook & the angels sang.

SO-our 'vacation from one month ago' (if anyone even CARES anymore?) post is getting closer to being thought about (UHM 95% of what you enjoy is my witty commentary - that stuff just doesn't happen, people).   I have downloaded the pics from the 2 cameras we took, my photo stream is still working on streaming & I need to get the photos off B-rad's phone that he took & then maybe, JUST MAYBE, you'll get a month old vacation post.

Lucky you...

Looking for vacation posts???

Ok-so most of you loyal blog stalkers 'follow' me or are 'friends' w/ me on social media sites - so you know we just took a trip to Niagara Falls & other locations.... 

(And if you are a loyal blog stalker in silent - please, step into the light... it's more fun when you out yourself!!)

 I'm sure you have been on pins & needles wondering, 'When oh WHEN will Jaime Mac blog about her adventure?'

WELL-my MacBook decided to die on me.  

I KNOW....

I am heart broken.

I had pulled all the pictures off my various cameras cards (we took our big camera as well as a waterproof camera to get you up close & personal to Niagara Falls) at lunch one day & it was working perfectly - I even showed mom all our pics.  I got it back out a couple of hours later to work on something un-blog related at work & after doing an iTunes update it went black.  I had turned away from it & just thought it had turned the screen off to save its power.  (It does that kinda thing, ya know.)  I tried to click the track pad, I prayed to God, & I tried to push the power button.  Alas all those things were done in vain - it will not respond to my touch...  

(And yes, it was charged...)

SO-I have an appointment to take it to the doctor (aka My happy place, aka The Apple Store) & I hope the geniuses can get if fixed.  I mean, I still have to tell you about the Jason Aldean concert we went to.  OH, THE HUMANITY.

Until then you won't get to hear about the day B-rad & I spent 18 hours together in my car.  

The jury is still out on whether or not we're filing for divorce...